New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-13
GOSSIP AT THE CAPITAL.
VIRGINIA ORATORY on ITS NATIVE HEATH

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wmsrLERs WEST POINT DAYs-A JAPANESE ADErT
Al SLANG" SIR CHARLES"
rrROM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE IEiBU NJ
wAsHrNGroN. Nsrch 12.-By the temporary re-
trcm. nt from public lie of General Malone Wa hing
ton lOtes one OF Its most interesting figures. IDe
dimnutive build of the Vrgnan the outlsndish cut
OF his clothes his struggling Rip Van Wrinkle beard.
his piping voice and picturesque Southern manner
could al ALL times be depended upon 10 attract the
attention OF the galleries and make him one OF the
conspicuous objects OF curOusity His successor
is the OF General Malone, in LOOKS. bearing
and temperament Nevertheless he is likely to become
az much of figure in the Senate the famous Read
in ter John Warwick Daniel. OF Lynchburg is only
tortv-ve wears OF and consequently Will be one
the voung Senators i'll that saId aud dgniied BODY
o Soons. He is OF medium size and co"paotly built.
but is obliged to use crutches having been wounded
Il the battle OF the vii Ierness "he serving a. all
iutant general under Jubal A. Early Like many
soldier politicians he has 4 true appreciation OF the
pcturesuue effect upon "A susceptible audience OF
| pair OF crutches when well handled at the proper
moment. HE entrance into halt where he n 10
sne.k is made with almost theatrical effect. II never
,nls to do its work As Mr.. Daniel has for the last
two wears been to move about the t.or OF the
! House with ease and comfort without has crutches,
their conspicuous whenever he goer the stump
lis apt to be vie ed with suspicion by those who know
I him.
Speaking OF he theatrical effects employed With such
rare GOOD Judgment bv Mr. Daniel il must be confessed
that he reminds in his OltN ard appearance of an
! actor Indeed. | told that 10 compare him 10
Edwin Booth l. pay him. in MS own estimation the
/ greatest possible compliment There certainly does
! exist n resemblance between the iwU men. The gen
oral outline OF The ace, the formation OF the mead the
ncse The lips and the d wearing the hair are
/ Tie sane Bur here the resemblance ends. Figure.
voice aud bearing entirely different In his own
! state Mr. Daniel enjoys the reputation of being
great orator, and he ia frequently chosen 10 deliver
epeeches at reunions and festive commemorative
occasions His oraory, however if OF that fustiin-
| Ike Howery. ornate knd which current fifty
wears ago and which still i'm presses southern audi
euccs hut which elsewhere hAs long fallen into diSn-e
and would make langhn2-slOck OF the pnhlc
speaker should still adhere TO It, As good an
| idea Mr.. Danie's orat,ry any can be gathered
from following passage IN OF he rece Mt potf
cal speeches del vercd in Virginia
Fellow citizens OF the OLD Commonwealth Of Vir
cirial I come 20 YOU from the tuir domain q the
mother OF statesmen and Presidentr come from the
vale, OF the Shenandoah the daughter of the stars
There III. river flows whispering to it, grassy banks
| the names of Lee. Lee, Leel The rivuets flo ing
doWn the mountain SIDE TO loin the river sweeping TO
| the sea whisper the name OF Lee Lee. lee Ana The
northern Plains SCARED by the fierce feet OF the God
I OF War look up 10 the blue Overarching canopy OF
Heaven. ana call to II softly the name OF Lee, L"e
| Lee come from the eastern shore. where the blue
waves o. the ola ocean ron ~ upon 'he -hhS rahdH
and and and shore and breeze M AXE glad the
eve and heart and when ak what are the wild waves
saving the answer comes, Lee, Lee Lee, etc exc.
Imagine snch oIaorica hapdoodle delivered In The
United States Senate Ill these days OF stern reality
| Where will Mr. Daniel Toe
IN Virginia il this style of oratory is heard to
/ n create. extent than anywhere else. A friend o
mine who II a collector OF literary curios. hands a
| speech made by n Mr.. Bohan in nominating
! obscure iudy dual to IL local Office Virginia not long
ago | quote a few sentences ONLY bccausc they
/ 80 much lile what VI r. Daniel delivers himself OF
occasionally they almost have been written
6y him:
/ "The genemaa from Cralg," said Mr.. Bohanon,
from country where the lofty peaks XII. The
morning OF the sUp, ana tie tnkIng OF the
nolls are head along the silent stean,o whose crystal
water, ueauder through beautiful valleys. ! will
/ az him where did | come from ! came from "a
district where the noble Chcsdpcake rolls her CLASSY
waves from the oyster hriT Of Virginia 81 meet the
solid pillows OF the stormy Atlantic where the
lcs.c York River huns it, nuring music that
echoes alou, the pchbly banks of old Point Comfort.
represent not . section but the late OF Virginia
from centre % circumference from where the
ug rays OF th" golden sun giId the eastern rhore,
where the evening RAYS linCer behind her stern
hills, and the iachalr modrninl cfy arouses the slum
/ boring wOodsn!an and moving eastward meets the
orb oi day and wakes the echoes OF the Dismal
swamp
/ II tni- IL the style Of orator. to which Mr. Darie
viii treat the United States Senate ne cannot ai! 10
make a peculiar name Tor himself.
General Sawtollo. Assistant Quartermaster-fe General
the Army. has he possession very Interesting
sketch by Whistler. made when the latter cadet
at West Point 1t illustrates that famous scene in
Pick Z" when the lat hoy sares old Mrs Nardle
by proposition to mike her hcsh creep, and then
goes on with a grin his race, 20 tel how Mr.. Tnp-
man caught by him huGging poor hiss Rachael,
tho splnster aunt. " And She suffered him :" inquiries
the cid lady. zee &; kissn' OF him agin.' says
the IA; boy. This is the moment chosen by Whistler
for hi- sketch. The leer the hoys iace the cnIi
ostv rising superior to he. md gnation expressed IN
,hr features OF Grandmother WBrdle, are admirably
caught the few strokes oil Tie pen Gill; here and there
iutcni6cd by hts o color caieessy thrown upon The
paper. The entire sketch, though different entirely
III style from those which has III Ide Whisters name
famous in later Years still bears the imprint OF
superior talent. i! not genius General Sawteie was
IN class nigheI than that to which young Whistler
belonged az IVES: Point, but the tnO frequently
throw into ca ii others COMPANY. 1t was while read
Jog Pick WICK together that Whistler one yennQ
drew The pictures OF Mis. Wardle and the fat DO, Tor
his friend declaring he finished the sketch, 1hats
,he way they mast have looked" asked General
savtelc what kind Of yoGnsster Whistler was u
those dave. "Vcry lazy" eaid he. very .nattenti.o
in bis studies bat yery gentemdnly in hs ways and
said altciward / gathered that Whistler neither
very bright nor very stupid when . cadet but rather a
sort of young exquisite dandy, IN lac little vain,
Just triie conceded and in love with himself. IN
those days he sio ed signs 90 ccccniricy and the
genius Tor adyer i-ing bims, which has dl,nsui he'd
him 10 aieI lite vas entirely dormant al The FONT
The ease with which the youns fore sner- attached
to the LEGATIONS here acquire slang ana the freedom
with which they II al times. somcthIng aston
IshIng The Japanese aye especially piecocious m
tins respect One young entienhnli-i saf fnuig
because the japanese secs IL this coInrv al LOOK
young, thou-h I assured that some who do ar
quito old--one young gentleman, | ray, has been
greatly hdfdbScl IOr one reason Ol hH"lH'I ny
people. who. pIesuming upon his good nature and
his partial knowledge of the Eup lis language have
asked him "a lot foolish aud in Instances dare
cay impudent questions liis patience gave out
the other day. when bore than his ie lows had
for over an hour tried to extract from Mr. Aka-but
must not give hs naLnC-iniOTnaOn which he neither
could nor would have given If he had had ii to give
him the STREET just after this had left HIN
al visn 1 a Yankee" hc exclaimed, pystculs tGg
wildly. d" You woulo like to be Yankee 7" l said
why what has happcnedi" And then the uDiortu-
nate Japanese gentleman told of his experience with
this particular bore Just mentioned and bores in
eral "Yes, but why did you wish TO be Yankee y
asked again. For moment onee," he sighed.
aud then be added with an cxplanator, hoist Of HIS
shoulders. I" You see. diplomat; must always be
polite and smile but II Yankee with sudden
cutburst Of anger and his little black eyes sparkling